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MDG 3.2: Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector Measurement, availability and discrepancies of data. Introduction. ILO data gathering Definitions Data sources Data availability at international level Possible sources of discrepancies

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  1. MDG 3.2: Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector Measurement, availability and discrepancies of data Expert Group Meeting on MDG, Astana, 5-8 Oct.2009

  2. Introduction ILO data gathering Definitions Data sources Data availability at international level Possible sources of discrepancies Treatment of missing values (use of proxy indicators and imputations) Regional and Global estimates Future challenges Expert Group Meeting on MDG, Astana, 5-8 Oct.2009

  3. ILO data gathering • Annual questionnaire, websites, NSP • Questionnaires pre-filled with the statistics provided in the previous years (last 10 years) • Meta data collected as well • Consistency checks, validations • Clarifications with the countries • Dissemination (YB of Labour Statistics, http://laborsta.ilo.org/, KILM) • Clear international standards, ILO Resolutions Expert Group Meeting on MDG, Astana, 5-8 Oct.2009

  4. Data sources and their limitations • Labour Force Surveys • Establishment surveys • Official estimates • Administrative records • Insurance records • Censuses • Other surveys Expert Group Meeting on MDG, Astana, 5-8 Oct.2009

  5. Problems of comparability across countries and over time within countries • Methodological and conceptual differences: definitions, coverage of the reference population, coverage of the sectors, classifications used, sources, etc (e.g. only public sector, excl. enterprises with less than 5 employees, excl. informal sector, etc) • international comparisons difficult Expert Group Meeting on MDG, Astana, 5-8 Oct.2009

  6. Data availability by country Expert Group Meeting on MDG, Astana, 5-8 Oct.2009

  7. Data availability by year Expert Group Meeting on MDG, Astana, 5-8 Oct.2009

  8. Expert Group Meeting on MDG, Astana, 5-8 Oct.2009

  9. Expert Group Meeting on MDG, Astana, 5-8 Oct.2009

  10. Estimated values for MDG 11 Estimations based on auxiliary variables - Total paid employment - Total employment in non-agriculture - Employees - Total employment - Economically Active Population in non-agriculture Sensitivity analysis conducted on a selected number of countries: there is strong correlation between the indicator and the auxiliary variable. Expert Group Meeting on MDG, Astana, 5-8 Oct.2009

  11. 10 countries do not provide data but the information on the economically active population is used instead as a proxy. Data availability Expert Group Meeting on MDG, Astana, 5-8 Oct.2009

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